Make Your Own Compost (JOSH'S EASY METHOD)

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Composting can seem like a mystery. Some people throw everything in a pile and let it break down over time, on the other spectrum, some folks get very technical with ratios, temperature and timing.
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@7Risen7Phoenix7 2 года назад

My dad has been composting for about two years, and I've been working in the produce department of the local retailer for a year, and as such soon after I was hired I mentioned it to my department managers, who both gave me the green light to collect browns (which, for me, is exclusively cardboard that I cut up into small squares) and greens (which tend to mostly be cabbage leaves and corn husks, but sometimes also asparagus trimmings and bell pepper shells). So now my dad has ample access to whatever he needs, in the ratios he needs. Of course I'm still ensuring my professional tasks are taken care of...... :D

@servantrose Год назад

that is awesome so a lot less is wasted!

@bhagyalaxmisirupuram9046 8 месяцев назад

You dont know how happy your dad is with that Because for compost lovers, it's precious😂

@branchingoutpermaculturewi4766 3 года назад

I never thought when I was younger that some day I would really appreciate a mound of nice black soil. Lol 😂

@wrightchance5891 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@charlenelynch6505 3 года назад

Lol

@melissasmomglam 2 года назад

Never thought I’d be making it 😂

@branchingoutpermaculturewi4766 2 года назад

@@melissasmomglam GOOD LUCK IN ALL YOUR GROWING EFFORTS

@svelanikolova5776 2 года назад

Same here. I never tought I will be knee deep in horse manure and get excited for the next load.

@apiecemaker1163 3 года назад

If there could be a pretty compost pile, you just made one. Gardeners layer cake. Great job!

@GoingGreenMom 3 года назад

Glad I am not the only one that was thinking it could be a naked cake.....

@apiecemaker1163 3 года назад

@@GoingGreenMom I know it won’t look that way when he turns it but you are exactly right. We got my mom one of those for her 80th birthday. They are so pretty. Now that you said it, that is exactly what it looks like. 👍💛☀️

@cindyskillman544 3 года назад

Thank you! Finally a composting method that looks like something I can actually do and succeed at! 🥰🥰🥰

@svelanikolova5776 2 года назад

Trying bedwarm towers and in place composting

@HoldenJim1 Год назад

Why did you say it should be a 30 to 1 ratio. and then you mix it 2 to 1? Not even close.

@crazysquirrel9425 3 года назад

Easy method? Just dump everything into a BIG pile, wet it, let it sit 1-2 years.

@GardensAndGames 3 года назад

Yup, that's referred to as cold composting.

@castlealcazar3013 3 года назад

Is it safe to pile cardboard and grass over rocks and weed by the side of the house? The gravel is over run with weeds. Figured I could kill the weeds and have a simple compost area at the same time. No kitchen scraps, just cardboard and grass clippings.

@crazysquirrel9425 3 года назад

@@castlealcazar3013 I don't see why not. For weed control, you can simply use distilled white vinegar on the weeds. Cardboard could provide a home for insects or other things. Depends on how you lay it and other factors.

@Homemaker-eg2he 6 месяцев назад

I've actually had some luck using and old washing machine drum to compost in it can break down fairly quickly in a smaller scale.... we are buying a house so now we have the option to do more with the land....

@FineFeatheredHomestead 3 года назад

Thank you for the reminder! I knew this from Monte Don, but overdid the kitchen scraps in our compost tumbler. Flies developed. Abd we didn't have much brown material other than cardboard then. Fortunately, another tip was to dump a bit of compost material from our tumbler fir the chickens to break down, and then just pop it back in the tumbler. Voila! No more flies, happy chickens, and rich black compost developing! 🥰

@sammia4227 3 года назад

I have dry leaves everywhere. That’s what I use for my browns :)

@brittanyash8340 2 года назад

Great video. You really did simplify everything. Thank you. You and your wife, Caroline, are wonderful teachers and educators.

@dr.charlescunico7376 3 года назад

@5:20 you said shoot for 30:1 ratio. Then you showed a 2:1 ratio. That threw me off, but I assume you didn't really mean 30:1...correct?

@justinsiebuhr9577 3 года назад

Every ingredient has different ratios of nitrogen and carbon. Wood chips/shavings have a large amount of carbon with very little nitrogen. Your bucket quantities will change based on you materials used.

@KaleidoscopeJunkie 3 года назад

I've been composting for 20 years and you're correct. It was a slip. 2:1 is optimal. I also use Active Yeast to jump start My compost bins. Mix it with warm water as if you were going to make bread, wait 5 minutes and dribble it around the pile. -KJ

@raquelucha22aldaco13 3 года назад

I was left wondering how one “turns the pile?” I wish this would’ve been explained or added to the video. Thank you though for showing us this video and teaching us.

@TheDjcarter1966 3 года назад

Lot easier with an open pile instead of using wire

@vaadabella7172 2 года назад

I was coming into the comments to see if that “next video” was linked here.

@charlesherringtoncalboiler1743 2 года назад

U put a shovel in and take a hard right turn. Repeat , easier than it sounds.

@Ocgt 2 года назад

Facts. Where part 2 bro ??!! 😭🤣

@villagesteader3552 3 года назад

Thank you. I’ve watched many compost videos but this is the most helpful one. I have had very little success with composting so far but I am seeing my mistakes now! 👍🙏🇺🇸🤓

@mjacobs5875 3 года назад

I can’t wait for the next video to see how you turn that pile.

@cindygodfrey615 3 года назад

Is there a video on how to turn it? i did not see it. Only saw sifting...

@mjacobs5875 3 года назад

Cindy Godfrey it will be in a future video.

@kassyjacobs6768 3 года назад

I was wondering that myself

@fishmut 3 года назад

More than likely he used a front end loader with a bucket , ie tractor with a bucket on the front after taking the wire off. Just a thought. 🚜

@donelookin3386 3 года назад

Exactly how do you turn that compost in the wire? THAT I would like to see, especially if you have to do it frequently, an important step you left out... lol

@bbolte 3 года назад

Yeah, I'd like to see how it's turned as well

@ceselb 3 года назад

Cage isn't attached to anything. You just lift it up, might have to wiggle a bit, but it's not attached to anything. If it's super stuck, undo the ties holding it together. If you used hay bale straing or reusable zip ties that's easy too.

@HomesteadingFamily 3 года назад

We'll have a turning video coming out in a few weeks!

@mattmuggelberg998 3 года назад

I use a second (empty) cage and change the content every 2-3 weeks. I also add stone flower for better humus quality. you should cover your compost pile with fleece or grass cut to avoid to much humidity trough rain. cheers from Germany.

@cj5782 3 года назад

He literally stated at the end of the video stay tuned for the next video on how to turn it......

@farmsteadknits1165 3 года назад

I love how you have made this process so simple. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to the next video

@MrMcGillicuddy 3 года назад

I do this style in my greenhouse with my chicken deep litter in the spring as a seedling tray heating mat. I used to do the 18 day super fast style but IMHO I think it sort of defeats the purpose of no tillage because it offgasses a whole lot of carbon when you turn the pile everyday. I've personally settled on a happy medium where I build it let it heat up and then break it up after it gets to 100 and then pile it once more and then just let it sit for 6 months. Making a spring and fall pile gives me 2 cubic yards just from my chicken coop deep litter and then fall garden scraps mixed

@danielleterry180 2 года назад

How long do you have to let your chick stuff sit to be good for gardening?

@MrMcGillicuddy 2 года назад

@@danielleterry180 basically I'm adding about 6 inches of bagged leaves into my chicken coop/ greenhouse ever 2 to 4 weeks. I wait to add more until I see that the chickens have basically scratched around enough to break the leaves up into shredds where you don't see whole leaves anymore. It take 20 or 30 chickens about 2 to 4 weeks to do that. Then I just add another six inches and I do that for 4 to 5 months thru winter. I then take the chicken poop leaf mixture which is very potent and I make a pile as follows. I lay down about six inches of fresh whole leaves in a 4 foot by 4 foot area. I put about two gallons of water sprinkled on that . Then I add about 4 inches of that deep litter poop mixture and wet that down with 2 gallons water. I keep doing this lasagna style until it's 4 or 5 feet tall. I cap it with dry leaves put a tarp over it and let it get up to 130 to 140 and it will slowly go down to 100 F over 2 or 3 weeks. Then I break it up and repile it checking to make sure moisture is there but not dripping wet. So I basically pile it let it heat up and cool and repile it 3 times in a span of about 6 weeks and then I let it sit for 3 or 4 months until fall and then transfer it into a pile in my garden. so it takes about 5 or 6 months before I apply to beds. That final transfer I do one wheel barrow at a time so that it gets one final thorough aeration. I find it stays in the beds for longer than fast cooked 18 day stuff and I broadfork and top dress so it works perfect for me. I let it sit out in the open in the garden for a couple weeks then apply it to my perennials and my fall shallot and garlic beds. I put 4 to 6 inches on my garlic and shallot beds but everything else I put just about an inch or two. It's fully composted but a bit more rough looking so I use it like a compost mulch hybrid and it works great. I don't even really need to water anymore other than initially transplanting and spot watering a few stragglers. Hope this helps you :)

@jacksonakson8224 3 года назад

2 parts of saw dust/wood chips to 1 part high nitrogen greens would produce a C/N ration of around 337:1 (about 10 times higher than the target of 30:1). I typically use 2 parts greens to 1 part brown leaves which results in ~ 30:1

@dawnpettiglio6930 Год назад

We do something very similar. We use 1/3 spent straw/dried leaves + 1/3 manure + 1/3 other greens (grass, kitchen scraps, coffee grounds, green garden waste)

@cardwellfarm2812 3 года назад

Hey there from Cardwell Farm! I loved this video, composting is so important and isn't something we have talked about on our channel yet. This looks like a great method and we have sooo much excess of most of the components. Thank you for posting this video and for making such great content!

@clivesconundrumgarden 3 года назад

Excellent video, great tips !! We've started our first compost this summer. Looking forward to learning and growing

@wudnhed58 3 года назад

I'm confused. You said a ratio of 30:1 but then you mixed it at 2:1.

@AidanGoBoom 3 года назад

I believe the difference between the two ratios is what the ratios are measuring. The 2:1 ratio refers to the volume of materials whereas the 30:1 ratio refers to the elemental masses. I could be mistaken here, this is just my understanding. Check out r/composting on Reddit for tons of great information

@homesteadingpastor 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this video! I really enjoyed it, very informative! We are actually in the process of working our 18 hot compost pile, last flip coming up this weekend 🙌🏻👍🏻😊 We got the idea originally from Billy Bond over at Perma Pastures Farm. 👍🏻🙌🏻😊 Thanks again.

@zakaijohnson9421 Год назад

18 piles?

@shawnoreilly3159 3 года назад

One thing to add on this, you mentioned animal waste - house pet waste IS NOT appropriate for composting, there are elements that are left in their waste that will not cook out of the compost and will end up in your finished product.

@jessicastead5544 3 года назад

I'm intrested in hearing more about the thermal composting. I'm hoping to build a large pile that has water filled pex to heat exchanger heat my greenhouse this winter. Have you ever tried this? Also I just build your bean tunnel. It is going to be the star of the garden this year. Thank you for explaining all the details. You are both true teachers.

@bsod5608 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8P7PXtqIyy8.html It can be done. But it require a huge pile, and also depend on your location in the world. It is probably easier to put a large compostpile inside the greenhouse. Good luck!

@sarahale7214 3 года назад

Will you make video showing how you turn it?

@HomesteadingFamily 3 года назад

Yes! It will be out in the next few weeks.

@MrMoekanz 3 года назад

Where'd you get that shirt? the red flannel that you are wearing in the opening? it looks hardwearing.

@sarahmiranda7130 3 года назад

I have wood shaving in my chicken coop....but not enough to make one of these....can I just add as I go or do I need to collect enough first?

@deloresdueck4487 3 года назад

Yes I’m wondering too!!! If I just put my food scraps, garden greens, grass clippings, sawdust etc on a pile as I go will that not work? By the time I have gathered enough stuff my greens won’t be “live” anymore 🤔

@sandrajay6901 3 года назад

I was wondering this too, Josh. You mentioned both here and in the pantry chat that it is best to stockpile the materials until you have enough for a whole pile. How does one do that when they live in the suburbs vs a farm. Thanks so much for these videos!

@nobody4142 3 года назад

Find woodworking shop not too far from you. I probably dumped 30 yards of maple and oak shavings last year. It’s all free from milling rough cut boards

@tracygreen5244 3 года назад

You say 30 to 1... yet you did 2 to 1. Doing my pile tomorrow. First pile for our new garden on this new property in Oz. Love your videos.

@senkowbuilders 3 года назад

I questioned the ratio also

@helenerickson8455 3 года назад

The nitrogen pile has lots of wood chips (carbon) in it, so it is only a small percentage nitrogen (the manure and urine). That's why the difference.

@tokidada1010 Год назад

@@senkowbuildersPeople ask this question all the time----when he said 30:1 ratio, I think he meant that brown leaves themselves have a carbon to nitrogen ratio of 30:1. The leaves practically have no nitrogen. The 2 to 1 ratio is referring to the amount you actually use to make the compost. So 2 browns amount to 1 greens amount. Hopefully that clears that up. Happy gardening

@crazysquirrel9425 3 года назад

Want hot compost? Add 5 tons of used coffee grounds to 12 tons of wood chips. Mix well, wet, let it sit a year. Oh you may have to use 1,000 gallons of water every 2 days to keep it from catching fire.

@FloridaGirl- 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣 then install a water catchment system too. I compost w/no problems. But that was funny! 👍

@crazysquirrel9425 3 года назад

@@FloridaGirl- Unfortunately I don't own the property. Can only use what's there.

@FloridaGirl- 3 года назад

@@crazysquirrel9425 Well then. If it catches fire. Use it as biochar. 🤣. It’s good for your garden too.

@crazysquirrel9425 3 года назад

@@FloridaGirl- Neighbors might not like a big fire in an URBAN setting lol

@YourMom1138QQ 3 года назад

I had to watch that gorgeous drone footage more than once. Such beauty in a composting vid of all things! Major kudos to your production guy(s).

@shl9560 Год назад

This is unrelated to the actual content of the video and is just a note on the back drop but, if you want a laugh: I was watching this video in bed without my glasses on and thought "Man, his dog is so quiet and well-behaved!" Yeah. Um, upon further inspection, the canine in question is synthetic. LOLOLOL. Guess it's time for me to go to bed?

@dredre1266 3 года назад

Can you explain “what turning compost pile” works. I’m envisioning taking the wire around the pile, scooping the entire pile, and recreating the compost pile- that can’t be right, correct? How do you turn it? That pile is massive

@fallingspark2258 3 года назад

Turning means to aerate it. You don't have to break down and rebuild the pile (unless you REALLY want to), but for a pile like his you would use a handheld compost turner. It's like a handheld auger.

@dirtywhitehorse 3 года назад

good job... though i don't recomend tumblers .I sell or trade my compost and give away my horses manuresto those willing to rake and bag it. . It Is very important to yo use and hay straw or materials where roundup or other chemicals have been used. Ask your farmer before you buy and use nothing with any cafo wastes or human wastes in the pile . I use stable manures bedded in pine sawdust and never turn it and oak leaves .I also clean my chicken coop and use that too.. It is NO work building it just happens slowly as the animals pens are cleaned .I have never used a thermometer. YOU DON't want it too hot .Worms are throughout my pile and turn the compost and transform it .It is ready to use in a year .It is a living compost with the good biology rather than most of the nitrogen being lost to the air.I prefer to use piles that are more than a year old after the worms have left .No machines are used in the whole process .

@svelanikolova5776 2 года назад

1 cup. Beer 1 cup cola 1 cup urine Water as you wish That is usually for fast leaf and grass compost You can add coffee grounds too

@Star1968 3 года назад

I would put some gloves on before picking up animal poop with my bare hands.

@palomafarmlandscape7859 2 года назад

Great video! Do you have a video showing how you "turn it"? I have an idea but just wanted to see if you have a visual already. Thanks and God Bless

@aok2727 9 месяцев назад

In the winter that is wet where I live, I line the cage with cardboard. Seems to allow air and keeps the bits from falling out

@smeargut1809 3 года назад

Great vid, I’m building a line of 6 4x4x4 foot compost bins made from fallen tree branches for the frame and filling in the sides with pallets.

@indecisivegardener 3 года назад

I'm a novice, so my question is how do you turn it when it's that tall & there's fencing around it? We are going to upgrade our composting method in the next couple weeks. So far I like your method best.

@solascripura76 3 года назад

I agree. I have the same questions. I hope he does a follow up video showing us that part of the process.

@garthwunsch 3 года назад

This gentleman knows his stuff!!! Simply undo the ties that hold the screen together, then remove it - the pile will stand by itself - then remake the cylinder right beside the first pile. If you’re right-handed, put the new cylinder to the left of pile one - most folks will find this easier on the body - and lefties go the opposite way :-) The outside of the pile will not be as decomposed as the inside, so when you turn it, you want to get as much of the outside material on the inside as practical. I’m a student of Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web school and she teaches to take the top third off and pile it aside, then the next third gets put into the new bin, putting the inside material against the screen, then the outside material in the centre. When that third is done, add in the material that you set aside, then top the pile with the remainder of the first pile. Keep doing the squeeze test for water that he talks about. You will have to add water, just not as much as the first time. The heat generated by the microbes cook a lot of water off!!! Insufficient water will cause a failed pile! I cover my pile with a tarp to help conserve moisture, and I find I get more thermal activity closer to the outside edge. I just purchased some new screen that has 1” x 1/2” mesh, a little more expensive, but has more uses. The roll is 100’ so I use it for different purposes… makes good coarse screen, and if you add the cylinder to the centre that he talks about, you can make it our of your screen - not solid pipe - the pile needs air! Best thing to cut the screen with is an angle grinder. For a 3’ diameter pile, you need about a 10’ length of screen, and for the middle chimney pipe, about 14” (gives a little for overlap) if you’re a shorter person, you may find the four foot height a challenge, so you can use 3’ high screen, but make it about a 4’ circle to increase volume (about a 13’ length of screen) Happy composting… and thanks for a great video without a bunch of annoying “musac”. New subscriber here! And I’ll send my friends to meet you too.

@HomesteadingFamily 3 года назад

We'll have a turning video coming in the next few weeks!

@allencallender2205 3 года назад

Take the wire off & set it next to the pile. Scoop it up with a shovel or tractor and dump it back into the wire. If you can put the top and sides into the middle, thats best.

@garthwunsch 3 года назад

@@allencallender2205 Turning it this way is not going to come even close to ensuring all the material is going to spend time in the centre hotspot of the pile, and thus not likely going to kill all the pathogens, which is the purpose of thermophilic composting.

@smeargut1809 3 года назад

Also stick an egg inside and voila boiled egg

@chrisrobson3763 3 года назад

Look, this is a beautiful compost pile, noone would dispute that. However time is almost as precious to a gardener as compost is and you just spent an entire day making a 1m^3 compost pile. Surely there is a more efficient way.

@Drkakfood 3 года назад

Thanks for your argument

@CRAZYCR1T1C 4 месяца назад

Fun fact: anything will compost if you just throw it into a pile. If time is not an issue.

@oldsoulfarm6235 3 года назад

Do you have a video or instructions on how you turn your compost pile?

@pauldisque7104 3 года назад

Is nobody else curious about the blue smoke in the background @ 2:00 or so?

@Maria-ys5sc 3 года назад

What if you cover it with a black tarp, so it gets hot?

@chefboimuzik8240 3 года назад

Wood has an extremely high c:n ratio. Your compost is excellent, but using a substrate with a lower c:n (say coffee grounds) will encourage faster decomposition by providing more available n to microbes for decomposition.

@sanot8443 3 года назад

Thank you for this video. You guys are a class act with a heart to teach. If you would please address the situation for those of us who may do this on a much smaller scale. I don't accumulate enough green nitrogen all at one time to assemble a 3x3 pile. How would I do this with average amounts of kitchen scrap/minimal livestock acreage (aka minimal manure)?

@karenkelly2135 3 года назад

Loved this video! Thank you so much! Very helpful!

@aliciafisher7130 3 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing the ratio of the green and brown I started a compost pile but it wasn't doing too good and that might be the reason cuz I was not sure about the ratio and I made it in a box so I think I'll take every other board off to get more oxygen

@mikemike5516 3 года назад

You also need to check if the wood shavings are from chemically treated or heat treated wood. Same problem with the straw and grass clippings...but I love the process...got mine up to 75 C, opened it for aeration and brought down the temp to 60C

@dawnlemieux3877 3 года назад

I may have misheard, but I thought you said the ratio of brown to green is 30 to 1. It looks like your mix is 2 to 1. What am I missing?

@eftammaro 3 года назад

I thought I heard that too

@susanmarty5107 2 года назад

Thanks! I'd like to start a composting area in the back of our yard using our plentiful fall leaves. (We live in Michigan) I need to make the composting area "pretty" and not obviously a compost pile because we live in an HOA community and aren't allowed to have fences, unless it's around a pool, or a garden. I'd like to put a short, narrow, long permanent structure at the back of our lot and camouflage it, either with a vine, sunflowers, or etc. Could that work? And can I use grass clippings, shredded paper and occasional wood chips and kitchen scraps? Your RU-vid videos are so helpful :)

@markhudson6587 2 года назад

How do you turn that kind of a pile when it's inside that wire?

@goatheadink5563 2 года назад

Thanks for posting this video. Soil health is the most important issue facing our world today. With the planet's agricultural topsoil already half degraded amending with organic matter (plant and animal waste) is the only remedy. I've seen this in my own garden, after 7 years of improper composting my soil became almost worthless. Now that I'm implementing Josh's method my soil is richer than ever, and full of earthworms. Our nations need to set up policies to bring back the organic content on our farms, not just for our health and prosperity, but for the prosperity of the generations to come. Thanks again 🙏

@rockinchucker4941 3 года назад

Black shirt absorbs sun (hot) white shirt reflects sun (stay cooler) the Albedo effect different colors ability to reflect light

@ChatBot1337 3 года назад

Im curious about doing compost in an open top, solid sided container, ie 55 gallon drum. Drill a few holes for drainage, take a pvc tree, mount a computer fan on the top, blowing down, and a small solar panel to blow o2 forcing that air back up through the pile. More complicated than I would need, but my mom wants to get into it and shes getting up there in age, making turning a real deal breaker. Would be a cool experiment.

@superkaleindonesia Год назад

Jadikan kompos saja, kumpulkan sampah itu lalu Gali lubang saja lalu masukkan sampah itu kedalam lubang lalu atas nya di tutup tanah maka akan jadi kompos cukup 1 bulan. Selamat mencoba. Saya dari jakarta indonesia

@MommaJessiesCraftyHomestead 3 года назад

Thanks for making this video! Love how you explain how it works. Definitely will be starting that here soon!

@GreatGrannyFreeBird 3 года назад

thanks Josh. Love the tip about the pipe in the middle to provide air.

@mikezluv4muzik Год назад

What state do you live in. Your property is beautiful. I live in oregon but in an arid area.

@HomesteadingFamily Год назад

We are in North Idaho.

@MyFavoriteColorIsBLUE 3 года назад

Do you leave it in the sun or partial shade?

@carolynmoody9460 3 года назад

this video was the best I have seen. thanks for the step by step an explanation as to HOW AN WHY..many blessings to you and your family ❤️

@johnbayko1667 2 года назад

Almost everyone recommends a pile that's about a 3 ft cube. My question is, what do you do with your green material (lawn clippings and kitchen waste) while you're waiting to build up enough for the 3ft cube?

@rebeccamercer4160 3 года назад

Thank you, and thank you Josh! That helped out so much! I will make sure to watch the next video! What do you think about the black cow manure and the organic compost, you buy at home depot ? God bless you and your family!

@spoolsandbobbins 3 года назад

EXCELLENT video! Precise and clear! Inspirational!! Gonna go turn my compost now! From Nova Scotia

@suzannenickerson4283 3 года назад

Nova Scotia here too, lol 🙋‍♀️

@mikegriffin3437 3 года назад

Josh. I am a bit confused with the 30 to 1 ratio. 30 parts carbon to one part nitrogen. How does 2 buckets of carbon to 1 bucket of nitrogen equal 30 to 1 ? Somehow it looks more like 33 % nitrogen to 66% carbon.

@nates2526 3 года назад

The nitrogen rich materials are still way less than 100% pure nitrogen.

@suzannebazeghi5698 3 года назад

thanks a lot you answered all my question finaly a i am be able to have good compost

@goldstandard3714 3 года назад

@ 5:25 = 30:1 ratio @ 6:00 = 2:1 ratio Since you used the 2:1 ratio throughout the video, I will assume 30:1 needs to be edited out? Thanks for the video brother.

@faintlyartistic7803 3 года назад

His "green" had a lot of "brown" in it.

@cg8680 3 года назад

Hey there Homesteading Family! I was thinking. Can you please make a series on parenting tips? Your children seem just lovely and having a few kids myself I know I wouldn't be the only one to benefit from some tips!!!

@tammarahighley1040 3 года назад

Check out their playlist on the homepage - there is a list specifically about thus

@rockkhound943 3 года назад

Great info . Be starting a couple of those this coming week . Thank you and looking forward to the follow up video

@vondablackford1384 Год назад

Do you remove the wire to turn the pile or do you just use a shovel within the circle?

@jccares8879 Год назад

I was wondering the same thing how the heck do you turn that pile?

@GraftingTactick 3 года назад

Great video, very informative, great tutorial. Thank you 👌

@alexdibosco 3 года назад

why you don't use that sawdust to grow some good mushroom? the spent micelyum substrate is good for compost or fertilize or chicken food, and you also gain the mushroom, just make a bed of cardbord or costruction peper, put on wet straw and wet sawdust and spawn grain, make a few layer in a sadow place and you are done ;) is easy and fun progect

@sawahfwaps144 3 года назад

(Also) looking to see how you turn it.

@goodgreen4616 3 года назад

My piles must never be big enough. Worms end up helping. So end up with more of a vermicompost than compost. I Answered a few questions for you, hope u don't mind.

@aileensmith3062 6 месяцев назад

Interesting and plain simple method of beginner composting. We are trying to start our compost pile via wooden pallets. We do not have access to wood shavings like you. Although we do have plenty of animal manure. We have been shredding and using a lot of cardboard. We just cannot seem to get our mixture to heating up. Now to find the next video and trying to "unlock" our problem. Thank You for a simple and well informed video!

@donnap587 3 года назад

Well, y’all got tool for everything

@melissasprinkel1670 3 года назад

Wow you place is gorgeous! Look at that view and river 😍

@nessav7258 3 года назад

I need help to understand the ratio - in one part of the video, Josh says 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen at 5:12 and then at 5:55 Josh says 2 parts carbon to 1 greens. Which one is it?

@shanewaters592 3 года назад

Chemically you want about 30 parts carbon to one part nitrogen. However the green materials, such as lawn clippings, are actually mostly carbon. In a practical sense two parts carbon rich per one part nitrogen rich materials should give you the chemical ratio.

@shanewaters592 3 года назад

Probably didn't need to get that technical, just go 2 brown, 1 green. If very slow add more green. If smelly or slimy add more brown.

@hobi-wan-kanobi2016 2 года назад

To get started I’m thinking of getting my local compositing and manure and woods chips and shredded pieces to start my pile and then add my waste as time goes on as well because to start out you won’t have that much of a pile if you’re just starting. Or maybe that’s just me.

@glorytogodhomestead3495 3 года назад

How do you turn it in that cage?

@rockkhound943 3 года назад

Ah yes you didn't pay attention or watch it all

@robotics4kids 3 года назад

I watched and paid attention. He talked a lot about turning it but never demonstrated how to turn it.

@mairzydotes3548 3 года назад

@@robotics4kids he said he was going to turn it in an upcoming video.

@glorytogodhomestead3495 3 года назад

@@robotics4kids I think I heard him say on the next video he will show us how to do it. I’m so impatient I got a know right away…

@faintlyartistic7803 3 года назад

@@robotics4kids you lift the cage off and put it next to the pile. Shovel the pile back into the cage.

@heatherstewart3392 2 года назад

I just loaded up my first compost pile! I inserted my thermometer and the initial reading was 120 F. How quickly should it move into the 140-160 F range? I know I’ll need to run it once it drops down again, but I want to make sure it is active. Thanks!

@kimconlon3279 2 года назад

Hello! Can I add mushrooms to the compost? If so, which ones are best? Coffee grounds? Egg shells? Thank you!!!!! I love you guys!

@leahwithheld783 Год назад

Coffee grounds count as greens, and yes, you can add eggshells and mushrooms.

@Rosmarylla 3 года назад

If you can't shred the straw, would you recommend just wood shavings for a chicken coop so the cleanout composts better?

@mohamedali-agripenneur Год назад

Awesome. Very simple. You've simplified composting taking it out of the rocket science realm into the layman's terms. Thanks

@maryt2529 3 года назад

Anxiously awaiting the next episode!

@joyceano5354 3 года назад

The composting method is easy but listening to this guy's loooooong-winded talking is hard.

@robertadunaway7030 3 года назад

I've been shredding my white junk mail and letters to add to my compost pile instead of recycling or just trashing them.

@noniemarley7012 3 года назад

Have done this for about three years. Makes junk mail not so irritating.

@nobody4142 3 года назад

If we could shredded emails only. 😂

@smlorrin 3 года назад

Such a helpful video! (Gentle suggestion: It would have been easier for me to concentrate on what Josh was saying if the music had not been as loud as it was. It's possible that I'm the only one that feels this way, but perhaps turn it down just a tiny bit. Thank you!)

@ediemurray1692 3 года назад

@debiegordon3787 3 года назад

I can't BLV how BLACK UR COMPOST is👍👍👍😁😁😁 I live in FL & have several piles around yard so I can grab from bottom of pile to fertilize often. I turn every 3-4 days... I quick cover w cardboard if were having too much rain. I don't have worms...shouldnt worms be coming to my piles, or do I need to buy some? Maybe my piles arnt wet enough? Any suggestions? I use kitchen scales,yard waste,cardboard & bunny litter box which has pine pellets in it. ThankQ💚💚💚

@4RTigers 3 года назад

That river😍 first video I’ve watched from you. Nicely done!

@HomeHarvestCo Год назад

I've learned so much about composting from your channel. Thank you for sharing!

@ardenpeters4386 3 года назад

i put the holey tubing layered into pallet pile

@ricklane8554 3 года назад

That brown heap outside the fence, is it compost in progress??

@tedheath2326 2 года назад

great video Josh ....... i presume you were using water from a well //???? would city drinking water etc ......... kill the healthy bacteria etc ?

@kellyh8218 3 года назад

LOVE the aerial view!!!!

@stevecary5122 3 года назад

My question is we have tons of leaves in fall, but do you have to save leaves and grass clippings until spring?

@amyreid9649 2 года назад

Curious, what would be the final amount of product (compost) from your 3x4 bin you made? I guess how much does it break down to?

@DJ-tn1px Месяц назад

Very informative. As someone with zero gardening experience, I've been wanting to learn more about composting. My only concern is whether or not this will tow rats around because unfortunately there has been some pretty bad rat problems in our neighborhood the past couple of years. Any advice on how to mitigate this? Maybe limit food scraps or find a way to encase it without cutting off too much oxygen? Thanks for the video.

@joeldonivan5394 3 года назад

Question: each spring we get our manure from a gal that has 4 horses, so it is manure plus wood stall shavings. It’s probably about 25 Yards that we get each year. we put it in our back field and turn it throughout the year with the tractor before putting it in the garden. My question is, she obviously uses wormer (dewormer) on her horses, how long does that take to break down in a compost pile since we want to put it on an organic garden? Thank you for your content. It’s such great info

@ceselb 3 года назад

It depends on the precise substance used, you'll have to look that up. Some things are really hard to break down and gets absorbed in plants, might want to avoid those. Things that decay or that won't get absorbed is fine. Good luck, I have more than a little chem, but I can't figure that out easily either.